ridgepole
noun
the horizontal timber or member at the top of a roof, to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened.
ridge pole
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a variation of
ridgepole.
Example Sentences
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Storms are the foundation for many harrowing camp stories, including a big blow two years ago that knocked down a tent ridge pole, which could have injured someone.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2016
They tied the ends of a rope to the ridge pole of the tepee, then sat Nukashook close to the rope.
From Time Magazine Archive
Billy wants the tree for a ridge pole, because the church is disproportionately long.
From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum
In the course of the day we passed three winter huts; they consisted of low walls, with a ridge pole, covered with the branches of the Canadian balsam-tree.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Alexander Mackenzie
Then we place over these poles a second layer of the troughs, hollow side down, and over the ridge pole we place a large, full-length trough.
From Woodcraft by E. H. (Elmer Harry) Kreps
